03735nam 2200661 a 450 991045228190332120200520144314.00-8108-8629-41-299-18491-X(CKB)2550000001003036(EBL)1127716(OCoLC)850197522(SSID)ssj0000834961(PQKBManifestationID)12410640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834961(PQKBWorkID)10989730(PQKB)10744988(MiAaPQ)EBC1127716(Au-PeEL)EBL1127716(CaPaEBR)ebr10659255(CaONFJC)MIL449741(EXLCZ)99255000000100303620120808d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBefore Elvis[electronic resource] the prehistory of rock 'n' roll /Larry BirnbaumLanham, Md. Scarecrow Press20131 online resource (475 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-8628-6 0-8108-8638-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 That's All Right; A White Man Sounds Black; Rock 'n' Roll Arrives; The Meaning of Rock; The Revolution That Wasn't; 2 The Train Kept A-Rollin'; Stroll On; Cow-Cow Boogie; Johnny B. Goode; Rolling On; 3 One o' Them Things!; Big Bill; Handy vs. Morton; Birth of the Blues; Recording the Blues; Roots of the Blues; Africa, Britain, and Vaudeville; 4 The Rocks; The Walking Bass; A Dash of Hokum; Big Band Boogie; Boogie-Woogie Fever; Coda; 5 The Jumpin' Jive; Jump Jazz; The Backbeat and the Jitterbug; Jug Bands and Hokum; Scat, Jive, and Harmony SingingBig Bands and Shuffle RhythmsThe Blues-Jazz Nexus; From Hokum to Rhythm-and-Blues; Jive; Big Band Jump; Jump, Jive, an' Wail; 6 Get With It; Country Origins; Early Country Recordings; Blues and Hokum; Western Swing; Hillbilly Boogie; Country and R&B; 7 Good Rockin' Tonight; R&B Is Born; The Door Opens; Horn Honkers; String Slingers; Shouters; Rhythm-and-Blues Women; Doo-Wop; The Crescent City; 8 Rock Love; Blue-Eyed R&B; Rock Stars; Mystery Women; Vocal Groups; Caribbean Rhythms; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the AuthorAn essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white Popular musicUnited States1931-1940History and criticismPopular musicUnited States1941-1950History and criticismPopular musicUnited States1951-1960History and criticismRhythm and blues musicHistory and criticismRock musicUnited StatesTo 1961History and criticismElectronic books.Popular musicHistory and criticism.Popular musicHistory and criticism.Popular musicHistory and criticism.Rhythm and blues musicHistory and criticism.Rock musicHistory and criticism.781.640973/0904Birnbaum Larry927897MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452281903321Before Elvis2084674UNINA